Happiness measure, code: M-AO-g-rdf-n-7-a

Content analysis of description of children by their parents

Open-ended discription of children's personal characteristics and qualities: "What can you tell us so that we might know your child well"? Coding categories:7 happiness described with a superlative (e,g, extremely happy, always happy, unbelievably joyful)6 happiness described with an adjective qualification e.g. very happy, quite happy)5 happiness described with no qualification4 happiness described with a limiting qualification (e.g. somewhat happy, occasionally happy)3 happiness not named, but implied in description of several enjoyed activities (e.g. loves to play with trucks, is always reading and talks about books)2 happiness not named, but implied in description of one enjoyed activity1 no mention or implication of happiness